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Halo Reach will always be my game of the year for 2010. I may be a Halo fan boy but I know when I game is great.
Possibly Pokémon Soul Silver. It was like playing the ultimate Pokémon game, and that wa a remake. (still need to play Black or White tho)
Super Meat Boy is a close one too, but i dunno.
Super Meat Boy is a close one too, but i dunno.
Mine is No More Heroes 2. By a long shot.
I don't know that I played any bad games at all this year... I'm very selective with my purchases.
I don't know that I played any bad games at all this year... I'm very selective with my purchases.
Mass Effect 2 hands down, with my least being Heavy Rain, the rest of the comments have really good picks too.
My game of the year is Deadly Premonition.
My least favourite game this year is probably No More Heroes 2.
My least favourite game this year is probably No More Heroes 2.
VVVVVV. I don't know why. It was hard but it was fun. It wasn't frustrating like Super Meat Boy to me, there was no stupid dark world and the tokens aren't as hard to get (except for Doing Things the Hard Way). The flipping mechanic was well-implemented with various kinds of puzzles which kept things fresh. It was short, it was sweet. It had awesome music too. One of the most memorable soundtracks that I can think of.
My least favourite game of 2010, tougher question. I can think of Fallout: New Vegas as being disappointing. Not only did it lack diagonal walking animations which I found half-hilarious, half-sad (shows an incredible lack of polish to me despite the rest of the game looking good), but there were many weird bugs, when I first started the game the doctor's fact was purple (no texture), and when I quit and restarted the game would crash until I re-downloaded about a gigabyte worth of data. I started the game, it was decent, but the combat was tedious to me. I don't know if it's because I'm not used to WRPGs, or because I picked the wrong stats or something. I just kept dying and running out of ammo at the very beginning of the game. It frustrated me.
Maybe I need to give it another chance but it was pretty tedious for me to play.
My least favourite game of 2010, tougher question. I can think of Fallout: New Vegas as being disappointing. Not only did it lack diagonal walking animations which I found half-hilarious, half-sad (shows an incredible lack of polish to me despite the rest of the game looking good), but there were many weird bugs, when I first started the game the doctor's fact was purple (no texture), and when I quit and restarted the game would crash until I re-downloaded about a gigabyte worth of data. I started the game, it was decent, but the combat was tedious to me. I don't know if it's because I'm not used to WRPGs, or because I picked the wrong stats or something. I just kept dying and running out of ammo at the very beginning of the game. It frustrated me.
Maybe I need to give it another chance but it was pretty tedious for me to play.
Damn, uh...2010 was more of my catch up year. I played a looot of games I missed from 2007-2009ish. Now I need to catch up.
I think Super Street Fighter 4 might be my favorite. I played it forever.
I think Super Street Fighter 4 might be my favorite. I played it forever.
Favorite: Mass Effect 2. I played it 4 times and plan to play it 3 more times.
Least Favorite: Army of Two: The 40th Day. This game is mind-numbingly terrible.
Least Favorite: Army of Two: The 40th Day. This game is mind-numbingly terrible.
1) Super Mario Galaxy 2
2) Kirby's Epic Yarn
3) Tie between Sin and Punishment 2 and Donkey Kong Country Returns
4) Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
2) Kirby's Epic Yarn
3) Tie between Sin and Punishment 2 and Donkey Kong Country Returns
4) Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
If this were any other year, my answer would have been Super Mario Galaxy 2 or Donkey Kong country Returns. But this year, Kirby's Epic Yarn is hands down the most fun I've had all year. Yeah it's short and easy, but it was polished, creative, and overall fun to play. Some of my favorite moments of the year came from that game.
Red Dead Redemption. It's a damn near dead heat between that and Mass Effect 2, but Bonnie McFarlane. 'Nuff said.
Gonna go with Super Meat Boy. Had great fun with it simply because it's punishingly hard, and has an utterly amazing soundtrack. Would have thought that hearing the same songs for hours on end as you get gradually madder and madder would make you hate them, but alas.
People are probably going to hate me for this, but my least favorite is probably Fallout New Vegas. It's an improvement over 3, and I'll acknowledge that. It's just I really don't find them fun, the environments are drab and uninspired, the graphics are only mediocre and the gameplay is very RNG. Where they could be as stylised and an inspired visual style like Bioshock for instance, the game just comes off as very monochromatic and generic. What is there isn't executed that well, graphically. And the music is utterly hideous. The writing is rather good though.
Haven't had a fantastic year of games, as it stands. Mainly been playing older ones. Found it extraordinarily difficult to get excited about anything this year. I think I only preordered 3 things - one of which I cancelled, another I've only just started playing (BC2, which is superb) and another I got bored of within a day.
People are probably going to hate me for this, but my least favorite is probably Fallout New Vegas. It's an improvement over 3, and I'll acknowledge that. It's just I really don't find them fun, the environments are drab and uninspired, the graphics are only mediocre and the gameplay is very RNG. Where they could be as stylised and an inspired visual style like Bioshock for instance, the game just comes off as very monochromatic and generic. What is there isn't executed that well, graphically. And the music is utterly hideous. The writing is rather good though.
Haven't had a fantastic year of games, as it stands. Mainly been playing older ones. Found it extraordinarily difficult to get excited about anything this year. I think I only preordered 3 things - one of which I cancelled, another I've only just started playing (BC2, which is superb) and another I got bored of within a day.
Ug... I really want to just say Fallout New Vegas but I haven't played it yet. I'll say Red Dead Redemption for overall GOTY, and Game Room not for worst, but for most disappointing.
Favorite game that I played for the first time this year? Silent Hill 2. As for a game that actually came out in 2010, I'm not sure. I'm about to play Super Mario Galaxy 2, so that'll probably be my pick when I do, but for now I guess it's Red Dead Redemption. I do know what my least favorite game of the year is, and that's Final Fantasy XIII :'(. What a heartbreaker that was.
Fallout New Vegas is my favorite game of the year. I'm not saying it was the most well made game, but damn, I've put a ton of hours into it, and some of the mods are just flat-out awesome. The writing is excellent, and there are so many way to play it, so many directions to go. There is way, way more content than will fit under the level cap, so I'm on my second play-through just to do things a bit differently.
I gotta go with Mass Effect 2 for a number of reasons. Incredible story, really cool characters, beautiful graphics, and an absolutely stellar soundtrack. Red Dead Redemption comes in a ridiculously close 2nd, though. I can't even begin to describe the amount of fun I had online with my buddies in that game.
My favourite game of the year is Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty.
I HAVE to mention Amnesia: the Dark Descent as one of the best game I played this year. Mass Effect 2 and Civ V are also honorable mentions.
I HAVE to mention Amnesia: the Dark Descent as one of the best game I played this year. Mass Effect 2 and Civ V are also honorable mentions.
Mario Galaxy 2 would be my personal pick above all, but I have to give a shout out to the ones that Mario has overshadowed. Kirby's Epic Yarn and Sin & Punishment 2 were gaming bliss for me. I also have to say no game evoked an emotional reaction from me like Fragile Dreams did. Yeah, I know, it had some problems, but I loved that game. Also No More Heroes 2, Dragon Quest 9, Mass Effect 2, Limbo, and Miles Edgeworth were great as well.
My favorite game was Heavy Rain. I had hyped myself up for it since I first the very first unrelated tech demo trailer from one of the E3s. I ended up renting it as well as a PS3 from my university's library to play the game, ended up powering through it in two days. Never wanted to progress in a game so badly before and I was totally hooked on the whole setup, sans the first two hours. My roommate was watching as I begun the game, and by the time I had reached the final fight, my room was full of people from the floor, glued to it as if it were a movie. Probably ties with Super Mario World as my all-time fav, honestly.
My least favorite would probably be Minecraft. I love the concept, but I just can't get into it. I'm glad that it's successful and enjoyable to many others, though.
My least favorite would probably be Minecraft. I love the concept, but I just can't get into it. I'm glad that it's successful and enjoyable to many others, though.
Goty for me is Alan Wake, definately the most stand out when I think of all the games i played this year. Followed closely by mass effect 2, RDR and Mafia 2. Least favorite is probably Final Fantasy XIII
Mass Effect 2 is easily my favorite. It was nearly perfect in every way. Great story, incredible gameplay, awesome characters and everything was wrapped so beautifully in a great bundle.
I only purchased 2 retail games this from this year: Bayonetta, and GT5, neither of which I have finished yet because I bought them both in December! Both are fantastic, though the edge goes to Bayonetta so far.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 has got to be my favorite. Least favorite... probably Other M. By no means a bad game, but it could have been much better.
Just realized I lied. I've purchased games made this year off Steam (Amnesia: Dark Descent, definitely amazing!) and some portable games (Golden Sun, Picross 3D, both great). But still, Bayonetta...
Final Fantasy 13.
I've sunk over 150 hours into that bitch.
Not because I was whoring to get that last achievement, but of love!
And Kane and Lynch 2 disappointed me beyond belief.
I've sunk over 150 hours into that bitch.
Not because I was whoring to get that last achievement, but of love!
And Kane and Lynch 2 disappointed me beyond belief.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 was by far my favorite game this year. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver and Mass Effect 2 round out my runner ups.
The biggest and most expected letdown was Final Fantasy XIII, Metroid: Other M wasn't so hot either...
The biggest and most expected letdown was Final Fantasy XIII, Metroid: Other M wasn't so hot either...
Galaxy 2. Easily.
3D Dot Game Heroes, Sin and Punishment 2, DKCR, and DeathSmiles are runner ups I guess.
3D Dot Game Heroes, Sin and Punishment 2, DKCR, and DeathSmiles are runner ups I guess.
with amnesia, minecraft, super meat boy and ssf4 coming out this year its a hard one to decide.
altho my trip through amnesia was a short one, it was definitely one of the sweetest. while growing up. things like resident evil (the first one in the mansion and its remake) and silent hill (esp the second entrance in the series, i mean, cmon) gave me the creeps while growing up, and ever since ive left my teen years ive found it harder and harder to be frightened by any media as i know "its not real."
but amnesia did the unthinkable by drawing me in with a good and believable story (yeah, i know it gets a little crazy towards the end), and scaring the shit out of me as i darted through darkly lit hallways of a cellar dungeon and jumped into the first cell i deemed to be safe, as in too far away for the monsters to see me.
and there, i would sit, staring at the damp stones that made up the walls in the cell. i would hear the footsteps getting closer as they dragged and shuffled their way towards me. the cell was dark, and my sanity was slowly slipping away as the figure got closer and closer. i had no weapons, and no where else to hide. with my heart literally pounding, all i could do was sit and hope it couldnt hear me breathing and walk on by.
then it started to smash through the door.
that feeling of helplessness is so rare to find in a survival type games nowadays. i cant just gun down or beat the everloving shit out of my antagonist. whats worse, he can pop up seemingly out of nowhere. and every second that passes by, this shadow creeps closer and closer to you, ready to envelop you in pure death.
the experience was exhilerating, fresh, and more importantly actually evoked an emotional reaction out of me. i felt true fear and helplessness, and thanks to the story, i felt vulnerable and also like i was the monster myself. an absoloutely breathtaking experience i suggest no one pass up.
altho my trip through amnesia was a short one, it was definitely one of the sweetest. while growing up. things like resident evil (the first one in the mansion and its remake) and silent hill (esp the second entrance in the series, i mean, cmon) gave me the creeps while growing up, and ever since ive left my teen years ive found it harder and harder to be frightened by any media as i know "its not real."
but amnesia did the unthinkable by drawing me in with a good and believable story (yeah, i know it gets a little crazy towards the end), and scaring the shit out of me as i darted through darkly lit hallways of a cellar dungeon and jumped into the first cell i deemed to be safe, as in too far away for the monsters to see me.
and there, i would sit, staring at the damp stones that made up the walls in the cell. i would hear the footsteps getting closer as they dragged and shuffled their way towards me. the cell was dark, and my sanity was slowly slipping away as the figure got closer and closer. i had no weapons, and no where else to hide. with my heart literally pounding, all i could do was sit and hope it couldnt hear me breathing and walk on by.
then it started to smash through the door.
that feeling of helplessness is so rare to find in a survival type games nowadays. i cant just gun down or beat the everloving shit out of my antagonist. whats worse, he can pop up seemingly out of nowhere. and every second that passes by, this shadow creeps closer and closer to you, ready to envelop you in pure death.
the experience was exhilerating, fresh, and more importantly actually evoked an emotional reaction out of me. i felt true fear and helplessness, and thanks to the story, i felt vulnerable and also like i was the monster myself. an absoloutely breathtaking experience i suggest no one pass up.
Favorite: Alan Wake. I can't say Mass Effect 2, the reason being that I haven't beat it yet. It's awesome though. Also, once I get Super Street Fighter 4, that will most likely replace Alan Wake.
Least Favorite: Splinter Cell Conviction, this is by no means a horrible game, I was just disappointed that it exchanged all of its core values for Jack Bauer/Jason Bourne material. It could have been much better.
Least Favorite: Splinter Cell Conviction, this is by no means a horrible game, I was just disappointed that it exchanged all of its core values for Jack Bauer/Jason Bourne material. It could have been much better.
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